In today's global economy, kidnapping, extortion, product contamination and consequent product recalls, or a major business crisis linked to serious corporate governance or fraud problems, have become increasingly common threats for corporations.

Terrorism, social tensions, political instability, the toughening of corporate governance requirements, and the threat of hi-tech crime and cyber attacks have significantly increased the potential for a crisis to suddenly challenge any corporation. Major fires or natural disasters, such as earthquakes, floods or hurricanes can also threaten business operations and imperil personnel and assets.

The ability to respond to a serious threat or crisis swiftly and in a coordinated manner can directly impact upon the financial survival and market reputation of a corporation. This is especially true for those companies operating overseas or in emerging markets with unstable political environments.

Contingency planning and incident response should be part of a multi-faceted and integrated risk mitigation strategy to protect a corporation's people, assets and reputation. International Risk will help your company prepare for a crisis, manage a crisis situation and mitigate the associated risks and potential losses.

Crisis Management Services

International Risk has substantial experience of providing leadership, consulting and critical information gathering assistance to corporate leaders to prepare for and to manage a broad range of crisis situations.

Our senior professionals have provided crisis response services to assist in the successful resolution of a substantial number kidnap and ransom cases, to a significant number of malicious product tampering and extortion cases, and to mass employee country evacuation situations.

Our crisis management specialists will work with your corporate leadership, security, legal, human resources and other professionals at your headquarters and if required on the ground overseas, to provide a comprehensive range of appropriate crisis management solutions.

Our services in this area include:

• Contingency & Emergency Planning
• Crisis Containment Services
• Strategic Management of Business Crises
• Extortion Response Consulting
• Kidnap & Ransom Consulting
• Evacuation Support
• Malicious Product Tampering Consulting
• Accidental Product Contamination Consulting
• Crisis Management Training

Related Services

In our experience, situations requiring a crisis response are often closely linked with other business risk issues, and International Risk provides the following related mitigation services:

• Political Risk Assessments
• Business Intelligence Services
• Corporate Security Services
• Executive Protection Services
• Fraud and Corporate Investigation Services
• Fraud Risk Management & Loss Prevention Programs
• Corporate Governance Services
• Foreign Corrupt Practices Act Compliance Services
• Brand Protection and Intellectual Property Investigation Services
• Employee Integrity Services